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Christ's Holiness Imputed to Us

By Benjamin H. Liles

Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like
silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from
your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot. ~ 1 Peter 1:18-19, NKJV

So I
tell you this, and testify to it in the Lord: You must no longer walk as
the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. ~ Ephesians 4:17,
Berean Study

God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood,
to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed
over the sins previously committed. ~ Romans 3:25, Holman Christian
Standard

Holiness isn't an
act on our part. It was done and accomplished by the Son of God, Jesus
Christ. He put Himself on the cross. He could have commanded thousands
of angels to bring Himself off, but He chose the nails; all because He
loved and forgave you.

You stand before a good
and righteous judge. Why? Because of a crime you committed. It could be
anything - shoplifting, money laundering, murdering someone, the pens
you lifted from work - things punishable by the law. Just as this judge
will do his job to pass sentence, in walks his son.

This guy has no
record, no flaws like we do. He comes before his own dad and says,
"Wait! Hold back and allow me to take ________'s place." He receives the
penalty for the crime we committed.

So, what Paul and Peter are
so eloquently saying is that we are no longer bound by useless things
that we can be held accountable for due to the Father's patience and
love toward us. I could give countless verses showing God's love for us.
But it boils down to one thing.

How would you live your life knowing
someone came to your aid, while you were weak, according to the law, and
took your punishment? Wouldn't you live each day as if it were your
last? Wouldn't you find a way to show your gratitude and praise Him for
what He has done?

I'm not perfect by any means, I make mistakes just as
everyone else does as well. I still sin. However, I believe in the One
who died in my place, who passed on to me His righteousness because of
my faith in who He claims to be: the Son of God. His name? Jesus Christ
of Nazareth. We have a new way of thinking if we allow Him to change us
from the inside out. And this is what holiness is, being changed from the inside out so that we become more like Him.

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